The second World Metaverse Conference opened on Sept 20 in Anting town, Jiading district, Shanghai, with the goal of boosting the integrated development of the digital and physical economies.
More than 110 experts and scholars from around the world attended the conference, which featured keynote speeches from renowned experts and scholars, as well as representatives of leading metaverse companies, and nine forums focusing on the application of metaverse technology in automobiles, healthcare, education and more.
During the conference, the "Anting Automotive Metaverse Industry Planning White Paper" was released, aiming for the automotive metaverse industry to be valued at 100 billion yuan ($1.37 billion) by 2025.
Yuanchuangwan, Anting's automobile metaverse industry base, was unveiled during the event, and the Shanghai Metaverse Industry Innovation Alliance was launched. More than 20 metaverse enterprises and institutions signed cooperative agreements with Anting town.
Yuanchuangwan will include the Shanghai Metaverse Research Institute, Metaverse Virtual Production Studio, Automotive Software Empowerment Center, and EPIC Games Innovation Center.
The Metaverse Industry Innovation Alliance will gather scholars and institutions involved in the metaverse and serve as a comprehensive exchange platform for scientific and technological innovation and industrial development, promoting the high-quality development of the digital economy.
A rendering of the Yuanchuangwan Park. [Photo/jiading.gov.cn]